02170cam a2200241 4500 283112708 TxAuBib 20020517120000.0 020517s1967||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 66-25883 DLC JPL OCL YZR TxAuBib Heller, Herbert L, 1908-1983, (Herbert Lynn.) Sourdough Sagas / The Journals, Memoirs, Tales, and Recollections of The Earliest Alaskan Gold Miners, 1883-1923, edited by Herbert L. Heller. Journals, memoirs, tales, and recollections of the earliest Alaskan gold miners, 1883-1923, edited by Herbert L. Heller, The. Cleveland, OH : World Publishing Company, [1967] 273 p : illus., maps, ports.; hardbound ; 24 cm. Foreword, by E. Gruening.--The Alaska sourdoughs, by H.L. Heller.--Frontier incidents at Juneau, by D.A. Murphy.--Recollections, by H. Davis.--Early days in Alaska, by J. Bender.-- My experiences in the world, by F. Buteau.--Some early Yukon River history, by G.C. Bettles.--A sequel to Mrs. Bean's murder.--Sourdough life, by L. Smith.--Indian and Eskimo stories from along the Yukon, by L. Smith.--From Vaklez in Fairbanks in 1906 by bicycle, blizzard, and strategy, by J.A. Clark.--Fairbanks in 1906, by J.A. Clark.--Watching my first breakup, by J.A. Clark.--Fairbanks' great fire, by J.A. Clark.--Oddities of a pioneer town, by J.A. Clark.--The Alaskan bears and other interesting characters, by J.A. Clark. The last century has seen the greatest changes on earth recorded in the history of man. Man's inventions have annihilated distance, reducing weeks of travel to hours and reducing communication time from weeks to instantaneousness. In no other country has the transformation been as great as in the United States, and among these states none has witnessed greater change in the span of a lifetime than has Alaska. 20020517. Alaska History 1867-1959 Sources. Frontier and pioneer life Alaska. Miners Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.